<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s>, that <sn="635">Esther</s> put <sn="3847">on</s> her <sn="4438">royal</s> apparel, and <sn="5975">stood</s> in the <sn="6442">inner</s><sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, over <sn="5227">against</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>: and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="4438">royal</s><sn="3678">throne</s> in the <sn="4438">royal</s><sn="1004">house</s>, over <sn="5227">against</s> the <sn="6607">gate</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, when the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="635">Esther</s> the <sn="4436">queen</s><sn="5975">standing</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s>, that she <sn="5375">obtained</s><sn="2580">favor</s> in his <sn="5869">sight</s>: and the <sn="4428">king</s> held <sn="3447">out</s> to <sn="635">Esther</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="8275">scepter</s><sn="834">that</s> was in his <sn="3027">hand</s>. So <sn="635">Esther</s> drew <sn="7126">near</s>, and <sn="5060">touched</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of the <sn="8275">scepter</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> unto her, <sn="4100">What</s> wilt thou, <sn="4436">queen</s><sn="635">Esther</s>? and <sn="4100">what</s> is thy <sn="1246">request</s>? it shall be even <sn="5414">given</s> thee <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="2677">half</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="635">Esther</s><sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="518">If</s> it seem <sn="2895">good</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, let the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="2001">Haman</s><sn="935">come</s> this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4960">banquet</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="6213">prepared</s> for him. </v>
<vn='5'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, Cause <sn="*853"></s><sn="2001">Haman</s> to make <sn="4116">haste</s>, that he may <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s> as <sn="635">Esther</s> hath <sn="1697">said</s>. So the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="2001">Haman</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4960">banquet</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="635">Esther</s> had <sn="6213">prepared</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="635">Esther</s> at the <sn="4960">banquet</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is thy <sn="7596">petition</s>? and it shall be <sn="5414">granted</s> thee: and <sn="4100">what</s> is thy <sn="1246">request</s>? even <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="2677">half</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s> it shall be <sn="6213">performed</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="635">Esther</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, My <sn="7596">petition</s> and my <sn="1246">request</s> is; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="518">If</s> I have <sn="4672">found</s><sn="2580">favor</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="518">if</s> it <sn="2895 5921">please</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> to <sn="5414">grant</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="7596">petition</s>, and to <sn="6213">perform</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1246">request</s>, let the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="2001">Haman</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4960">banquet</s><sn="834">that</s> I shall <sn="6213">prepare</s> for them, and I will <sn="6213">do</s><sn="4279">tomorrow</s> as the <sn="4428">king</s> hath <sn="1697">said</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then went Haman <sn="3318 2001">forth</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="8056">joyful</s> and with a <sn="2896">glad</s><sn="3820">heart</s>: but when <sn="2001">Haman</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="8179">gate</s>, that he stood not <sn="6965 3808">up</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="2111">moved</s><sn="4480">for</s><sn="2001">him</s>, <sn="2001">he</s> was <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="2534">indignation</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Nevertheless <sn="2001">Haman</s> refrained <sn="662">himself</s>: and when he <sn="935 413">came</s><sn="1004">home</s>, he <sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="935">called</s> for <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="157">friends</s>, and <sn="2238">Zeresh</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="2001">Haman</s><sn="5608">told</s> them of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3519">glory</s> of his <sn="6239">riches</s>, and the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of his <sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the things <sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> had <sn="1431">promoted</s> him, and <sn="834">how</s> he had <sn="5375">advanced</s> him <sn="5921">above</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="5650">servants</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2001">Haman</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="637">moreover</s>, Yea, <sn="635">Esther</s> the <sn="4436">queen</s> did let <sn="3808">no</s> man come <sn="935">in</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4960">banquet</s><sn="834">that</s> she had <sn="6213">prepared</s><sn="3588 518">but</s> myself; and <sn="4279">tomorrow</s> am <sn="589">I</s><sn="7121">invited</s> unto her <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Yet <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="7737">availeth</s> me <sn="369">nothing</s>, so <sn="3605 6256">long</s> as <sn="589">I</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> the <sn="3064">Jew</s><sn="3427">sitting</s> at the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="2238">Zeresh</s> his <sn="802">wife</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="157">friends</s> unto him, Let a <sn="6086">gallows</s> be <sn="6213">made</s> of <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="520">cubits</s><sn="1364">high</s>, and <sn="1242">tomorrow</s><sn="559">speak</s> thou unto the <sn="4428">king</s> that <sn="*853"></s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> may be <sn="8518">hanged</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>: then <sn="935">go</s> thou in <sn="8056">merrily</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4960">banquet</s>. And the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3190 6440">pleased</s><sn="2001">Haman</s>; and he caused the <sn="6086">gallows</s> to be <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>